Lever



LEVI D. VAN VALKJENBURG, F HU'LYUKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

LEVER PEN-BETTIE remove.

Specificatiim of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 191..

Application filed .lfuly 30, 191$. Serial Ito. 24.14%.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that ][,LEV1 D. VAN VALKEN- BURG, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Lever Fen Retainers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

This invention relates to improvements in pen retainers, and one of its leading objects is to provide a retainer consisting of a lever and a spring thereof, a means for anchoring the spring to the pen cap in such a way that the lever will have a locking engagement against the pen cap.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pen retainer with a spring and lever connectlon wherein the spring rovides the trunnions for the lever," and t e lever has rocking engagement against the side of the pen cap or the clasp connected with the spring.

With the above and other ob ects in view, the invention consists in certain new and useful construction, combinations and arrange ment of parts clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

7 Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of one form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail rear elevation partly in section of the spring and lever.

Fig. 4. is a side elevation partly broken away, of a modified form showing a pen cap clasp connected with the spring. L'Referring to Figs. 1' and 2 particularly, 5 designates thepen cap tube, and 6 thefenol plug thereof which is snugly fitted in the rear end of thepen cap, and which provides the end wall 7 thereof. Fen cap tube 5 is, formed with an'opening 5 and the plug 6 is formed with a longitudinal slot 6.

The retaining bar is in the .form of a lever 8 which is provided or formed with lateral pivot fulcrum ears 9, the inner edge portions of which are rounded so that they ill have rocking engagement with the outer 4 ace of the 'pen cap tube 5. The fulcrum ears 9 are provided with openings 9 which receive the trunnions 10 of the spring 11. The spring 11 has an arm 12 which engages the upper end of the lever 8 and an arm or leg 13 which extends through the o ening 5 and lies in the slot 6, whereby t e ears 9 are maintained in rocking engagement with the outer face of thepencap tube 5, and the lower end of the lever 8, which is pro vided with the ball point 14, is held by the spring tension of the spring leg 12, against the pocket of the user, or agalnst the pen cap as the case may be.

By pushing the plug 6 endwise, the leg 13 of the spring maybe withdrawn from inter-locking connection with the pen cap.

In Fig. 4, I show a construction wherein the spring 15 is provided with a leg 15 which bears against the upper portion of the lever 16, which lever is formed with the fulcrum cars 16 and 16 The spring 15 'is formed with a pen clasp 17 of the conventional construction, which clasp is adapt ed to grip a pen tube. The spring 15 is also formed with trunnions 18 which extend through openings 18 in the fulcrum ears 16* andlt so that the lower end of the lever will be held toward the pen cap.

. lit is seen that in the construction shown 1n Figs. 1 and 2, the spring is anchored or retained within the-pen ca tube, while in the construction shown in is held to the pen cap tube by a clasp, otherwise the principles of construction of the two forms of the device are the same.

Having described my invention I claim 1.. An article retainer consistin of a lever having lateral pivot ears provi ing a fulcrum, a spring havin trunnions to engage the ears and provide with a pair of legs extending from said trunnions, one of. said letgs engageable with the lever and the other 0 saidlegs insertible in an opening of a pen cap, and a plug insertible In a pen cap for holding the sai other leg anchor to said pen cap to permit the lever to have rocking engagement withthe pen cap.

2.. he combination with a pen cap of a lever having an offset portion providing a fulcrum engagement on the lever, a sprmg havmg trunmons pivotally connected with the o set portion of the lever, thepen cap havmg an opening in its wall andthe spring having a leg extending through said opening and having engagement with the lever so so as todhold 1one end lphereof towprd the n cap,'an apu int e en ea or hol n the 5 ring anchored thgrein. p g

3. combination, a pen cap having an ig. 4, the spring opening through 3 its wall a spring having diverging legs one of which is inserted in the opening of said pen cap, a lever locked to the spring and having- -fulcrum engagement-with t e pen cap, and'means for anchoring the sprin against the inner side of the pen cap.

4 n combinatioma pen cap, a lever having an ofi'set,portionproviding'a fulcrum engagement on the pen cap, a spring for forcing one end of the lever toward the pen an end meee fer; neh ine t e ng ing fulcrum ears a spring having trunnions votally enga e with 831d ears, saidspring avlng means or connection with a pen cap, whereby said earswlll have lock ngengageemme ment on the pen cap, and one end of the lever will be held toward the pen cap.

6. A pen cap consisting of a tube and a detachable plug providing an end wall therefor, said tube being formed with a transverseopening in its wall, and said plug being formed with a longitudinal recess in its sides, a spring extended through the opening-and having one end portion thereof disposed in the recess and held against the in- 1 ner side of the tube by said plug, said spring having an outer end portion provided with trunnions and a lever having ears pivotally connected with the trunnions and contacting engagement with the outside of the tube to provide fulcrum hearings on the tube for the lever, said spring. engaging one end of he le er to hold he opposite end toward the tube.

LEVI D. VAN VALKENBURG. 

